VA - Newport in New York '72 (2009)

This release contains all known jazz performances from the 1972 edition of the Newport Jazz Festival, which took place at different venues in New York. This was the first time the Festival moved from Newport.
The 1972 festival consisted of thirty concerts with 62 all-star performer, at multiple venues, which included Yankee Stadium and Radio City Music Hall. Most of the performances are long jam sessions on popular standards by a mixture of well known jazzmen, most of whom didn’t usually play together.